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id: certification_path
name: Certification Path
description: >
Career-oriented milestones from foundational Security+ through intermediate
analyst credentials (CySA+ or similar) toward CISSP-level professional
certification. Study milestones, not exam guarantees.
audience: individual
levels:
- id: security_plus
name: CompTIA Security+
description: >
Foundational cybersecurity credential covering threats, architecture,
operations, and governance basics.
items:
- id: cert_sp_1
title: Core domains overview complete
description: Read through threats, architecture, implementation, operations, and governance domains.
- id: cert_sp_2
title: Hands-on labs (networking & crypto)
description: Practice subnetting, TLS basics, and hashing/encryption demos.
- id: cert_sp_3
title: Practice exam baseline
description: Score a diagnostic practice exam and identify weak domains.
- id: cert_sp_4
title: Weak-domain deep dive
description: Focus study plan on the two lowest-scoring domains.
- id: cert_sp_5
title: Exam scheduled / attempted
description: Book the exam date or complete a full timed practice under exam conditions.
- id: intermediate_analyst
name: CySA+ / Intermediate Analyst
description: >
Intermediate milestone CompTIA CySA+, equivalent SOC analyst path, or
similar blue-team focused credential.
items:
- id: cert_ca_1
title: SIEM & log analysis practice
description: Investigate sample incidents using logs or a home-lab SIEM.
- id: cert_ca_2
title: Vulnerability analysis workflow
description: Triage scan results and recommend remediation priority.
- id: cert_ca_3
title: Threat intelligence basics
description: Map a real campaign to ATT&CK techniques and defensive controls.
- id: cert_ca_4
title: Practice / exam milestone
description: Complete CySA+ (or equivalent) practice series or sit the exam.
- id: cert_ca_5
title: Portfolio artifact
description: Write one incident report or detection use-case write-up for interviews.
- id: cissp
name: CISSP (or equivalent)
description: >
Professional-level milestone oriented around CISSP domains management,
architecture, and risk leadership rather than pure tooling.
items:
- id: cert_cp_1
title: Domain map & gap analysis
description: Rate familiarity across the eight CISSP domains; plan study blocks.
- id: cert_cp_2
title: Experience / endorsement path
description: Document qualifying experience and identify a potential endorser.
- id: cert_cp_3
title: Risk & governance depth
description: Study risk management, policies, and legal/regulatory frameworks in depth.
- id: cert_cp_4
title: Architecture & crypto review
description: Refresh security architecture, network, and cryptography domains.
- id: cert_cp_5
title: Capstone practice / exam attempt
description: Complete a full CISSP practice exam set or schedule the official exam.